Sweet's syndrome: A retrospective clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of 11 cases

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 601-606

  Corazza, Monica ^a   Lauriola, Maria Michela ^a   Broghi, Alessandro ^a   Marzola, Andrea ^a   Virgili, Annarosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neutrophilic dermatosis; Para inflammatory form; Para neoplastic form; Sweet's syndrome

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CD68 ANTIGEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; ITALY; MALE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN INFILTRATE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SWEET SYNDROME;

EID: 56749125348     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0526     Document Type: Article

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